Patents by Inventor Young-Bok Yoon

Young-Bok Yoon has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20190361260
    Abstract: There are provided a reflecting module for optical image stabilization (OIS) and a camera module including the same. The reflecting module for OIS includes: a housing including an internal space; a movable holder supported in the internal space of the housing by an elastic member; a reflecting member disposed on the movable holder; and a driving part configured to provide driving force to the movable holder so that the movable holder is moved relative to the housing, wherein the elastic member includes a fixed frame fixed to the housing, a movable frame provided in the fixed frame, and a spring connecting the fixed frame and the movable frame to each other and, the movable frame is movable in relation to two axes perpendicular to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bong Won JEONG, Jae Kyung KIM, Young Bok YOON, Hyun Kag PARK
  • Patent number: 10481410
    Abstract: A reflecting module for optical image stabilization (OIS) includes: a housing; a moving holder supported in the housing by an elastic member; a reflecting member provided on the moving holder; and a driving part configured to provide driving force to the moving holder, wherein the driving part includes: two magnets having a shorter length in a first axial direction than in a second axial direction perpendicular to the first axial direction and disposed on the moving holder to be spaced apart from each other in the first axial direction; and four or more coils disposed on the housing, the four or more coils being disposed as two sets, respectively including a first set of two or more coils aligned in the second axial direction and spaced apart from each other in the first axial direction to face the two magnets, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Kyung Kim, Bong Won Jeong, Young Bok Yoon
  • Publication number: 20190331933
    Abstract: There are provided a reflecting module for optical image stabilization (OIS) and a camera module including the same. The reflecting module for OIS includes: a housing; a rotation holder supported by a sidewall of the housing through a rotation frame; a reflecting member provided on the rotation holder; a driving part providing driving force to the rotation holder so that the rotation holder is moved relative to the housing; and a pulling yoke provided in the housing so that the rotation holder is supported by the sidewall of the housing by attractive force between the pulling yoke and a magnet of the driving part provided on a lower surface of the rotation holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Bong Won JEONG, Young Bok YOON, Sang Ho SEO, Ta Kyoung LEE, Ah Hyeon IM, Jae Kyung KIM
  • Patent number: 10422974
    Abstract: A camera module comprises a lens barrel, a lens driving device including a focusing unit moving a lens barrel in an optical axis direction and a movement correction unit moving the lens barrel in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis direction, and a housing accommodating the lens barrel and the lens driving device. A focus sensing portion of the focusing unit is disposed in an area not including a planar surface on which a focusing magnet and a focusing coil are mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung Woo Kim, Je Hyun Bang, Young Bok Yoon, Dong Yeon Shin, Hong Joo Lee
  • Patent number: 10416472
    Abstract: There are provided a reflecting module for optical image stabilization (OIS) and a camera module including the same. The reflecting module for OIS includes: a housing including an internal space; a movable holder supported in the internal space of the housing by an elastic member; a reflecting member disposed on the movable holder; and a driving part configured to provide driving force to the movable holder so that the movable holder is moved relative to the housing, wherein the elastic member includes a fixed frame fixed to the housing, a movable frame provided in the fixed frame, and a spring connecting the fixed frame and the movable frame to each other and, the movable frame is movable in relation to two axes perpendicular to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bong Won Jeong, Jae Kyung Kim, Young Bok Yoon, Hyun Kag Park
  • Publication number: 20190273847
    Abstract: A camera module includes a first position sensor configured to detect a position of a lens barrel in a first direction and including a 1-1-th sensing coil and a 1-2-th sensing coil having respective inductances that change as the lens barrel moves in the first direction; and a second position sensor including a second sensing coil having an inductance that changes as the lens barrel moves in a second direction, and a third sensing coil having an inductance that changes as the lens barrel moves in a third direction, wherein the second position sensor is configured to detect a position of the lens barrel in the second direction and a position of the lens barrel in the third direction by adding or subtracting a reference inductance to or from the inductance of the second sensing coil and the inductance of the third sensing coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hong Joo LEE, Nam Ki PARK, Young Bok YOON
  • Patent number: 10394046
    Abstract: There are provided a reflecting module for optical image stabilization (OIS) and a camera module including the same. The reflecting module for OIS includes: a housing; a rotation holder supported by a sidewall of the housing through a rotation frame; a reflecting member provided on the rotation holder; a driving part providing driving force to the rotation holder so that the rotation holder is moved relative to the housing; and a pulling yoke provided in the housing so that the rotation holder is supported by the sidewall of the housing by attractive force between the pulling yoke and a magnet of the driving part provided on a lower surface of the rotation holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bong Won Jeong, Young Bok Yoon, Sang Ho Seo, Ta Kyoung Lee, Ah Hyeon Im, Jae Kyung Kim
  • Publication number: 20190196139
    Abstract: A camera device actuator includes: a magnet disposed on a side surface of a lens carrier disposed to be movable in an optical axis direction in an internal space of a fixed housing; a member to be detected disposed on the side surface of the lens carrier, connected to the magnet, and having a width in the optical axis direction that is less than a width of the magnet in the optical axis direction; a driving coil disposed opposite to and spaced apart from the magnet, on a panel disposed on the housing; and a sensing coil including a first sensing coil and a second sensing coil disposed on the panel, spaced apart from and opposite to the member to be detected, and arranged in-line with each other in the optical axis direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hong Joo LEE, Jung Woo KIM, Suk Young OH, Young Bok YOON, Dong Yeon SHIN
  • Patent number: 10331013
    Abstract: An actuator of a camera module includes: a detection target; and a position detecting unit disposed to face the detection target and including at least two sensing coils respectively forming at least two oscillation circuits, wherein the position detecting unit detects a position of the detection target depending on at least two oscillation signals generated by the at least two oscillation circuits and having different frequency ranges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung EIectro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Suk Young Oh, Je Hyun Bang, Hong Joo Lee, Young Bok Yoon, Hoon Heo, Jung Seok Lee, Ick Chan Shim
  • Publication number: 20190129197
    Abstract: An optical image stabilizing (OIS) module and a camera module are provided. The OIS module includes a driving holder provided on a bottom surface of a housing, a driving frame comprising a reflection member and supported on an inner wall of the driving holder, a driving part configured to provide a driving force to move the driving holder and the driving frame, wherein the driving holder is configured to move in one or more of a linear direction and a rotational direction on the bottom surface of the housing to move the reflection member in a first axial direction, perpendicular to an optical axis, and the driving frame is configured to move in one or more of the linear direction and the rotational direction on the inner wall of the driving holder to move the reflection member in a second axial direction, perpendicular to the optical axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Kyung KIM, Nam Ki PARK, Ta Kyoung LEE, Bong Won JEONG, Young Bok YOON
  • Publication number: 20180356645
    Abstract: There are provided a reflecting module for optical image stabilization (OIS) and a camera module including the same. The reflecting module for OIS includes: a housing; a rotation holder supported by a sidewall of the housing through a rotation frame; a reflecting member provided on the rotation holder; a driving part providing driving force to the rotation holder so that the rotation holder is moved relative to the housing; and a pulling yoke provided in the housing so that the rotation holder is supported by the sidewall of the housing by attractive force between the pulling yoke and a magnet of the driving part provided on a lower surface of the rotation holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Bong Won JEONG, Young Bok YOON, Sang Ho SEO, Ta Kyoung LEE, Ah Hyeon IM, Jae Kyung KIM
  • Publication number: 20180356609
    Abstract: A camera module comprises a lens barrel, a lens driving device including a focusing unit moving a lens barrel in an optical axis direction and a movement correction unit moving the lens barrel in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis direction, and a housing accommodating the lens barrel and the lens driving device. A focus sensing portion of the focusing unit is disposed in an area not including a planar surface on which a focusing magnet and a focusing coil are mounted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung Woo KIM, Je Hyun BANG, Young Bok YOON, Dong Yeon SHIN, Hong Joo LEE
  • Publication number: 20180299644
    Abstract: A sensing unit of a camera module includes a detection target provided on a side surface of a lens module, one or more sensing coils disposed to face the detection target, and a calculator. The calculator may determine a displacement of the detection target translated in any of an optical axis direction, a first direction perpendicular to the optical axis direction, and a second direction perpendicular to the optical axis direction, based on inductances of the one or more sensing coils.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hong Joo LEE, Nam Ki PARK, Je Hyun BANG, Young Bok YOON, Dong Yeon SHIN
  • Publication number: 20180284568
    Abstract: An actuator of a camera module includes: a detection target; and a position detecting unit disposed to face the detection target and including at least two sensing coils respectively forming at least two oscillation circuits, wherein the position detecting unit detects a position of the detection target depending on at least two oscillation signals generated by the at least two oscillation circuits and having different frequency ranges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Suk Young OH, Je Hyun BANG, Hong Joo LEE, Young Bok YOON, Hoon HEO, Jung Seok LEE, Ick Chan SHIM
  • Publication number: 20180259787
    Abstract: There is provided a reflecting module for optical image stabilization (OIS). The reflecting module for OIS includes: a housing; a moving holder supported in the housing by an elastic member; a reflecting member provided on the moving holder; and a driving part configured to provide driving force to the moving holder, wherein the driving part includes: two magnets having a shorter length in a first axial direction than in a second axial direction perpendicular to the first axial direction and disposed on the moving holder to be spaced apart from each other in the first axial direction; and four or more coils disposed on the housing, the four or more coils being disposed as two sets, respectively including a first set of two or more coils aligned in the second axial direction and spaced apart from each other in the first axial direction to face the two magnets, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Kyung KIM, Bong Won JEONG, Young Bok YOON
  • Publication number: 20180231793
    Abstract: There are provided a reflecting module for optical image stabilization (OIS) and a camera module including the same. The reflecting module for OIS includes: a housing including an internal space; a movable holder supported in the internal space of the housing by an elastic member; a reflecting member disposed on the movable holder; and a driving part configured to provide driving force to the movable holder so that the movable holder is moved relative to the housing, wherein the elastic member includes a fixed frame fixed to the housing, a movable frame provided in the fixed frame, and a spring connecting the fixed frame and the movable frame to each other and, the movable frame is movable in relation to two axes perpendicular to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bong Won JEONG, Jae Kyung KIM, Young Bok YOON, Hyun Kag PARK
  • Publication number: 20180109660
    Abstract: A camera module includes a lens module including lenses and a reflecting module disposed in front of the lens module. The reflecting module is configured to change a path of light to direct the light toward the lens module. The reflecting module includes a holder in which a reflecting member configured to change the path of the light is mounted and a first housing supporting the holder. The holder is configured to slide with respect to the first housing to enable rotation of the reflecting member with respect to a first axis and a second axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Bok YOON, Nam Ki PARK, Bong Won JEONG, Sang Ho SEO, Jae Kyung KIM
  • Publication number: 20180095341
    Abstract: An actuator includes a magnet, a driving coil facing the magnet, a driver, and a position calculation processor. The driver is configured to move the magnet in at least one of an optical axis direction and a direction perpendicular to the optical axis by applying a driving signal to the driving coil. The position calculation processor includes sensing coils, and is configured to calculate a position of the magnet according to inductance levels of an inductor of the sensing coils. The inductance levels vary according to movements of the magnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hong Joo LEE, Dong Yeon SHIN, Nam Ki PARK, Shin Young CHEONG, Byung Gi AHN, Hoon HEO, Je Hyun BANG, Yun Tae LEE, Ick Chan SHIM, Young Bok YOON
  • Publication number: 20150188394
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a motor assembly including a terminal provided at a stator of a motor and electrically connected to a coil wound around the stator, and a controller formed with a coupling hole to which the terminal is coupled and electrically connected and controlling electric input and output to the terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong Wan CHO, Hyun Taek AHN, Sang Ho SEO, Young Bok YOON, Jin Su SEOK
  • Publication number: 20150034454
    Abstract: A substrate transferring apparatus includes a first conveyer line assembly which transfers a substrate in a first direction, and includes a first base frame extending along the first direction, first and second pulleys respectively disposed at both end parts of the first base frame in the first direction, and a conveyer belt disposed on the first base frame, and driven by the first and second pulleys, and a first roller line assembly spaced apart from the first conveyer line assembly in a second direction which is substantially perpendicular to the first direction, and including a second base frame extending along the first direction, and a first roller part connected to the second base frame and including a plurality of rollers which contacts to the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Soon-Ju PARK, Sung-Hun KIM, Yoon-Won KIM, Young-Gil PARK, Jung-Ho PARK, Mun-Gu BAEK, Young-Bok YOON, Sung-Soo LEE, Byoung-Yun JOO, Bong-Soo CHOI